The City Ground

SEASON: 2016-17

Prev Season: 2015-16
Next Season: 2017-18

DIVISION:: Football League Championship (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Phillipe Montanier, Gary Brazil (2), Mark Warburton
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Wigan Athletic (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Arsenal (H) 0-4)
Player Of The Year:: Eric Lichaj

Top Goalscorer:: Britt Assombalonga (14 goals)

When goals were scored and conceded

	First Half					Second Half
Time:	0-10 mins	10-20 mins	20-30 mins	30-40 mins	40-45 mins	45-50 mins	50-60 mins	60-70 mins	70-80 mins	80-90 mins
Num goals scored	4	3	5	7	4	5	7	8	6	17
Num goals conceded	1					2	3	1		2

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	14 times	12 times	5 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	16 times	17 times	7 times	1 time	1 time
Won By	8 times	5 times	3 times
Lost By	15 times	6 times	2 times	2 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 28,249
Lowest League Attendance:: 15,770
Average League Attendance:: 20,333
Highest Cup Attendance:: 28,567
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 28,567

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 8
Red cards:: 9
Yellow cards:: 95
Penalties scored:: 4
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 3
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Newcastle United	46	29	7	10	85	40	15	3	5	49	23	14	4	5	36	17	45	94	Promoted to Premier League	2-1	1-3
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	28	9	9	74	40	17	3	3	46	14	11	6	6	28	26	34	93	Promoted to Premier League	-	-
3	Reading	46	26	7	13	68	64	16	5	2	35	16	10	2	11	33	48	4	85		3-2	0-2
4	Sheffield Wednesday	46	24	9	13	60	45	15	2	6	36	22	9	7	7	24	23	15	81		1-2	1-2
5	Huddersfield Town	46	25	6	15	56	58	15	2	6	34	26	10	4	9	22	32	-2	81	Promoted via playoffs	2-0	1-2
6	Fulham	46	22	14	10	85	57	10	8	5	45	32	12	6	5	40	25	28	80		1-1	2-3
7	Leeds United	46	22	9	15	61	47	14	4	5	32	16	8	5	10	29	31	14	75		3-1	0-2
8	Norwich City	46	20	10	16	85	69	15	4	4	55	22	5	6	12	30	47	16	70		1-2	1-5
9	Derby County	46	18	13	15	54	50	11	8	4	33	20	7	5	11	21	30	4	67		2-2	0-3
10	Brentford	46	18	10	18	75	65	11	5	7	42	25	7	5	11	33	40	10	64		2-3	0-1
11	Preston North End	46	16	14	16	64	63	11	6	6	40	26	5	8	10	24	37	1	62		1-1	1-1
12	Cardiff City	46	17	11	18	60	61	11	4	8	31	26	6	7	10	29	35	-1	62		1-2	0-1
13	Aston Villa	46	16	14	16	47	48	12	8	3	33	20	4	6	13	14	28	-1	62		2-1	2-2
14	Barnsley	46	15	13	18	64	67	6	11	6	32	33	9	2	12	32	34	-3	58		0-1	5-2
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	10	20	54	58	8	4	11	25	30	8	6	9	29	28	-4	58		0-2	0-1
16	Ipswich Town	46	13	16	17	48	58	8	10	5	30	24	5	6	12	18	34	-10	55		3-0	2-0
17	Bristol City	46	15	9	22	60	66	11	4	8	33	26	4	5	14	27	40	-6	54		1-0	1-2
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	8	23	52	66	9	4	10	30	32	6	4	13	22	34	-14	53		1-1	0-2
19	Birmingham City	46	13	14	19	45	64	8	5	10	25	31	5	9	9	20	33	-19	53		3-1	0-0
20	Burton Albion	46	13	13	20	49	63	9	4	10	28	30	4	9	10	21	33	-14	52		4-3	0-1
21	Nottingham Forest	46	14	9	23	62	72	12	4	7	42	30	2	5	16	20	42	-10	51
22	Blackburn Rovers	46	12	15	19	53	65	8	8	7	29	30	4	7	12	24	35	-12	51	Relegated to League One	0-1	1-2
23	Wigan Athletic	46	10	12	24	40	57	5	8	10	19	26	5	4	14	21	31	-17	42	Relegated to League One	4-3	0-0
24	Rotherham United	46	5	8	33	40	98	5	6	12	23	34	0	2	21	17	64	-58	23	Relegated to League One	2-0	2-2

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 06, 2016	Burton Albion	H	4-3	Win	23,012	3	Assombalonga (23, 77), Lam (45), Burke (49)
3	Fri Aug 12, 2016	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	0-3	Loss	25,748	10
2	Tue Aug 16, 2016	Brentford	A	0-1	Loss	10,004	18
4	Sat Aug 20, 2016	Wigan Athletic	H	4-3	Win	17,750	11	Assombalonga (6), Burke (53, 78), Lam (90)
5	Sat Aug 27, 2016	Leeds United	H	3-1	Win	20,995	7	Kasami (16), Perquis (71), Burke (90)
6	Sun Sep 11, 2016	Aston Villa	A	2-2	Draw	30,619	10	Vellios (57), Lansbury (87)
7	Wed Sep 14, 2016	Rotherham United	A	2-2	Draw	10,243	10	Mills (76), Vellios (85)
8	Sat Sep 17, 2016	Norwich City	H	1-2	Loss	20,323	13	Vellios (40)
9	Sat Sep 24, 2016	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	27,350	15	Lansbury (35)
10	Tue Sep 27, 2016	Fulham	H	1-1	Draw	17,388	15	Nicklas Bendtner (60)
11	Sat Oct 01, 2016	Bristol City	A	1-2	Loss	18,922	18	Vellios (33)
12	Fri Oct 14, 2016	Birmingham City	H	3-1	Win	19,208	13	Lichaj (33), Vellios (63), Pereira (83)
13	Tue Oct 18, 2016	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	10,462	16	Perquis (90)
14	Sat Oct 22, 2016	Cardiff City	H	1-2	Loss	16,539	19	Lansbury (90 pen)
15	Sat Oct 29, 2016	Reading	A	0-2	Loss	17,093	20
16	Sat Nov 05, 2016	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-1	Draw	20,043	20	Assombalonga (38)
17	Sat Nov 19, 2016	Ipswich Town	A	2-0	Win	15,417	18	Assombalonga (1, 44)
18	Fri Nov 25, 2016	Barnsley	A	5-2	Win	13,180	16	Lansbury (13, 45, 82), Vellios (24), Osborn (63)
19	Fri Dec 02, 2016	Newcastle United	H	2-1	Win	21,317	13	Nicklas Bendtner (52), Lascelles (86 OG)
20	Sun Dec 11, 2016	Derby County	A	0-3	Loss	32,600	16
21	Wed Dec 14, 2016	Preston North End	H	1-1	Draw	15,864	16	Maxwell (68 OG)
22	Sat Dec 17, 2016	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0-2	Loss	19,037	17
23	Mon Dec 26, 2016	Huddersfield Town	A	1-2	Loss	22,100	18	Pereira (25)
24	Fri Dec 30, 2016	Newcastle United	A	1-3	Loss	52,228	18	Dumitru (29)
25	Mon Jan 02, 2017	Barnsley	H	0-1	Loss	22,105	20
26	Sat Jan 14, 2017	Birmingham City	A	0-0	Draw	18,041	20
27	Sat Jan 21, 2017	Bristol City	H	1-0	Win	17,418	19	Osborn (67)
28	Wed Jan 25, 2017	Leeds United	A	0-2	Loss	24,838	19
29	Tue Jan 31, 2017	Rotherham United	H	2-0	Win	15,770	18	Assombalonga (50 pen, 71)
30	Sat Feb 04, 2017	Aston Villa	H	2-1	Win	19,866	15	Assombalonga (42 pen), Brereton (90)
31	Sat Feb 11, 2017	Norwich City	A	1-5	Loss	26,831	17	McCormack (75)
32	Tue Feb 14, 2017	Fulham	A	2-3	Loss	15,365	17	Kasami (2), Brereton (47)
33	Sat Feb 18, 2017	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-2	Loss	20,164	18	Osborn (60)
34	Sat Feb 25, 2017	Wigan Athletic	A	0-0	Draw	11,254	18
35	Sat Mar 04, 2017	Brighton And Hove Albion	H	3-0	Win	22,020	18	Clough (60, 90), Osborn (89)
36	Tue Mar 07, 2017	Brentford	H	2-3	Loss	16,903	18	Brereton (82), Clough (90)
37	Sat Mar 11, 2017	Burton Albion	A	0-1	Loss	-	19
38	Sat Mar 18, 2017	Derby County	H	2-2	Draw	26,665	20	Clough (5), Pinillos (90)
39	Sat Apr 01, 2017	Preston North End	A	1-1	Draw	12,459	20	Assombalonga (22)
40	Tue Apr 04, 2017	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	21,408	20
41	Sat Apr 08, 2017	Huddersfield Town	H	2-0	Win	20,411	19	Lichaj (32), Ward (57)
42	Fri Apr 14, 2017	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-1	Loss	26,279	20
43	Mon Apr 17, 2017	Cardiff City	A	0-1	Loss	16,413	21
44	Sat Apr 22, 2017	Reading	H	3-2	Win	-	20	Assombalonga (31, 47), Carayol (53)
45	Sat Apr 29, 2017	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-2	Loss	16,474	21
46	Sun May 07, 2017	Ipswich Town	H	3-0	Win	28,249	21	Assombalonga (43 pen, 69), Cohen (57)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jan 07, 2017	Wigan Athletic	3			A	0-2	Loss	5,163

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Tue Aug 09, 2016	Doncaster Rovers	1	A	2-1	Win	5,160	Vaughan (11), Ward (90)
Tue Aug 23, 2016	Millwall	2	A	2-1	Win	4,009	Paterson (35), Veldwijk (87)
Tue Sep 20, 2016	Arsenal	3	H	0-4	Loss	28,567

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Tue Jul 12, 2016	Millwall	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Blackstock (18), Burke (49)
Fri Jul 15, 2016	FC Braga	Portugal	A	3-0	Win	-	Lansbury (50), Iacovitti (74), Burke (85)
Tue Jul 19, 2016	Port Vale	England	A	2-0	Win	-	Mills (40), Assombalonga (55)
Sat Jul 30, 2016	Hull City	England	H	1-2	Loss	3,777	Burke (87)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sat Jul 23, 2016	Notts County	England	A	2-1	Win	9,007	Osborn (57), Paterson (77)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Tim Erlandsson											On loan to Barrow until January 13th; On loan to AFC Eskilstuna until the end of the season
GK	1	Dorus de Vries	1	1						1			Left to join Celtic on Aug 13
GK	26	Dimitar Evtimov										13	On loan to SC Olanense from August 30th until January 13th
GK	30	Stephen Henderson	15	8	1	6		1		1	1	15
GK	38	Vladimir Stojkovic	21	4	5	12		1				7	Joined from Maccabi Haifa at the end of August
GK	43	Jordan Smith	15	4	3	8					1	13
GK	48	Jordan Wright
D		Adam Crookes
D	2	Eric Lichaj	45	15	8	22	2	6	1	1	2	2	Player Of The Year
D	3	Daniel Pinillos	16	5	4	7	1			4	2		Released at the end of the season
D	5	Matt Mills	30	12	4	14	1	7	1	2	3	3
D	6	Armand Traore	13	4	2	7		2		4	3	4	Joined from Wolfsburg on September 7th
D	11	Ben Osborn	49	15	9	25	4	6		4	2
D	27	Damien Perquis	20	8	5	7	2	2	1	4	1	3
D	28	Thomas Lam	21	8	4	9	2	5	1	8	8	10
D	40	Alex Iacovitti	2	1		1		1		1		1	On loan to Mansfield from August 30th until January 13th
D	42	Joe Worrall	21	6	5	10		1		1		7
D	46	Jordan Gabriel
M		Aaron Tshibola	4	2		2		1		1	2	9	Joined on loan from Aston Villa on Jan 26th until the end of the season
M		Bojan Jokic
M		Deimantas Petravicius
M		Kelvin Wilson
M		Stephen McLaughlin
M	4	Michael Mancienne	30	11	5	14		3	1	4	4	6
M	10	Henri Lansbury	19	7	3	9	6	9			1	2	Sold to Aston Villa on January 20th
M	13	Danny Fox	23	6	5	12		7	1	4	1	5
M	17	Hildeberto Pereira	25	6	5	14	2	9	3	4	7	3	Was on loan from Benfica from Jan 26th until the end of the season
M	22	Pajtim Kasami	26	6	5	15	2	3		5	6	4	Was on loan from Olympiakos on Jan 26th until the end of the season
M	24	David Vaughan	33	10	6	17	1	3		3	6	7
M	25	Jack Hobbs	10	2	1	7		3		1		4
M	41	Matty Cash	30	12	5	13		4		4	11	7
M	44	Ryan Yates											On loan to Barrow until January 13th; On loan to Shrewsbury Town from Jan 31st for rest of season
M	48	Anel Ahmedhodzic	1			1					1	8
M	49	Toby Edser										3
F		Gerry McDonagh											On loan to Wrexham from August 30th until January 13th; On loan to Cambridge until the end of the season
F		Joao Teixeira										1	Was on loan from Benfica from Jan 26th until the end of the season
F	7	Matt Fryatt											Left on last day of the season
F	8	Chris Cohen	22	8	3	11	1	3		6		3
F	9	Britt Assombalonga	33	11	5	17	14			13	12		Left prior to the 2017-18 season to join Middlesbrough
F	12	Nicolao Dumitru	11		2	9	1	1		10	3	7	Was on loan from Napoli from Aug 30 until the end of the season
F	14	Lars Veldwijk	3	2		1	1				1	2	Left to join KV Kortrijk on August 30th
F	14	Nicklas Bendtner	17	4	3	10	2	1		9	8	2	Left to join Rosenberg on March 6th
F	16	Zach Clough	14	4	3	7	4			4	5	2	Signed from Bolton on January 31st
F	18	Muzzy Carayol	21	6	3	12	1			9	8	14	Bought from Middlesbrough on Aug 30 2016
F	19	Jamie Ward	19	9	1	9	2	5		13	4	3	On loan to Burton Albion from August 30th until January 20th
F	20	Lica	7		3	4		1		2	5	7	Joined from FC Porto on August 30th; Left to join Estoril on Jan 31st
F	21	Gboly Ariyibi
F	21	Jamie Paterson	3	2		1	1			1	1		Sold to Bristol City on August 27
F	23	Dexter Blackstock											Released on August 30
F	34	Tyler Walker											On loan to Stevenage from Aug 30th until Jan 13th; On loan to Port Vale from Jan 17th to end of season
F	35	Oliver Burke	7	5		2	4	1		2	2		Left to join Red Bull Leipzig on Aug 28th
F	37	Jorge Grant	6	2	1	3				3	2	17	On loan to Notts County from January 31st to end of season
F	39	Apostolos Vellios	30	8	7	15	6	5		4	17	12
F	45	Ben Brereton	18	6	3	9	3			6	5	3
F	47	James Thorne	1	1				1		1
F	50	Ross McCormack	6		1	5	1			1	3	2	Joined on loan from Aston Villa on January 31st

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
14	Britt Assombalonga	33
6	Apostolos Vellios	30
6	Henri Lansbury	19
4	Ben Osborn	49
4	Oliver Burke	7
4	Zach Clough	14
3	Ben Brereton	18
2	Damien Perquis	20
2	Eric Lichaj	45
2	Hildeberto Pereira	25
2	Jamie Ward	19
2	Nicklas Bendtner	17
2	Pajtim Kasami	26
2	Thomas Lam	21
1	Chris Cohen	22
1	Daniel Pinillos	16
1	David Vaughan	33
1	Jamie Paterson	3
1	Lars Veldwijk	3
1	Matt Mills	30
1	Muzzy Carayol	21
1	Nicolao Dumitru	11
1	Ross McCormack	6

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

2016-17

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Ipswich Town	Sat Nov 19, 2016	A	2-0	Sun May 07, 2017	H	3-0